diff --git a/board/st-ericsson/snowball/Makefile b/board/st-ericsson/snowball/Makefile
index 6867a70..f0605e2 100644
--- a/board/st-ericsson/snowball/Makefile
+++ b/board/st-ericsson/snowball/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-CFLAGS += -D__RELEASE -D__STN_8500
+ccflags-y += -D__RELEASE -D__STN_8500
 
 obj-y	:= snowball.o
diff --git a/board/st-ericsson/u8500/Makefile b/board/st-ericsson/u8500/Makefile
index b9dfbe9..d6c4280 100644
--- a/board/st-ericsson/u8500/Makefile
+++ b/board/st-ericsson/u8500/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-CFLAGS += -D__RELEASE -D__STN_8500
+ccflags-y += -D__RELEASE -D__STN_8500
 
 obj-y	:= u8500_href.o gpio.o